U.S. families spend an average of $139 a month on cellphone
usage — or $1,668 a year — up from $127 a month in 2009, according to J.D.
Power and Associates. And according to Validas, a company that helps decipher
mobile phone bills for companies, 80 percent of us are paying our cellular
providers for services we don't even use.
That's extra money going toward text messages you don't send
or minutes you don't use. Of course, the Verizons and AT&Ts of the world
aren't likely to be forthcoming about that, but Validas' Vera service will.
